The Plan 9 From Outer Space game was a wasted opportunity

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Plan 9 From Outer Space - an infamously bad film, but did you know it was also a not particularly famous adventure game? I dive into the world of bad movies, bad movie appreciation, and the weird decision to combine both of those into a point and click adventure. You may note that two thirds of that does not involve playing said adventure in any way and... yeah, there are reasons for that.

Also I manage to go 33 minutes without once commenting on "Dudley Manlove". An entire decade of sitting in the back row and sniggering immaturely at the slightest thing SUCCESSFULLY SUPPRESSED.

Plan 9 From Outer Space © 1958 Reynolds Pictures
Guys And Dolls trailer © 1955 Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Bride of the Monster trailer © 1955 Wade Williams Distribution
Mystery Science Theater 3000 / MST3K © Satellite of Love LLC
Manos: The Hands Of Fate ... er, a mess. (Possibly public domain, possibly © 1966 Harold P. Warren and/or his trust)

I believe the uses of these materials to fall under the "criticism, review and quotation" element of fair dealing under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

(If you're thinking there's more than usual of me staring to a point slightly to the side of the camera, this is why.)

Some images public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Some stock video footage and images from Pexels
Some sound effects CC-0 from Freesound

Bonus fact: the game characters all looking suspiciously like reused assets? That's deliberate - a reference to how often Tor Johnson and Vampira would repeatedly turn up in Ed Wood's films.




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